Domestic boiler.



No. 63l,682. Patented Aug. 22, I899. F. B. STRONG. DOMESTIC BOILER.

(Application filed Jan. 6, 1899) (No Model.)

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Witnesses. Inventor.

Attorneys PAT NT Fries.

FRANKLIN B. STRONG, OF GREENFIELD, MISSOURI.

DOMESTIC BOILER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 63l,682,dated August22, 1899.

Application filed January 6 1899. Serial No. 701,358. (No model.) I

To ail whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, FRANKLIN B. STRONG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Greenfield, in the county of Dade, State of Missouri,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Domestic Boilers;and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it ap- I0 pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to boilers in general, and more particularly tothat class designed for boiling vegetables, &c., the object of myinvention being to provide simple and effective means for draining thewater from the materials boiled and also for mashing them.

A further object of -my invention is to provide a colander within theboiler and in which the materials are cooked, so that after being boiledand drained they may be mashed through the colander.

In the drawings I have shown a boiling pot or boilerhavin g my improvedmasher, drainer, and colander arranged therein.

2 5 Referring now to the drawings, a represents an ordinary boiling-pot,showing the application of my invention thereto. Within the pot a Iarrange a vessel 1), which is perforated at and adjacent its bottom, andex- 0 tending in the form of a bail above the ves sel b is a strap 0,the ends of which are extended downwardly of the exterior of the vessel,as shown, said ends being soldered or otherwise secured to the vesseland forming 3 5 vertical ribs on opposite sides thereof. The

strap or bail c is bent laterally at its uppermost portion, as shown atd, andcooperating with said bent strap or bail is an oppositelyextendingbend of a strap (2, one end of which 1,0 is bent around the bail c, andthe other end is bent to form a hook which is engaged with the bail onthe opposite side of the bend d. This bend f in the strap e forms, inconnection with the bend d, a circular inclosure which is internallythreaded to receive a screw 9, having an operating-handle h.

To the lower end of the screw 9 is attached a plate 2', which fitssnugly within-the vessel 1) and is adapted to be forced thereinto bymeans of the screw g.

In order to adjust the vessel within a pot a, I providea ring comprisingtwo parts Z and m, which are hinged together at n, the opposite ends ofthe-sections being bent outwardly,

as shown at 0, where they are provided with alining perforations throughwhich is passed a clamping-bolt p.

The operation of my device is as follows: The pot a having had thedesired quantity of water contributed to it, the ring 8 is secured tothe exterior of the vessel b and is clamped thereon at such a heightthat the ring will rest upon the upper edge of the pot and the lowerportion of the vessel will enter the water in the pot. The materials tobe boiled are then placed in the vessel 1). The strap 6 is then unhookedfrom the bail c, and the screw 9 is placed with its threads engagingthose of the bend in the bail. The strapis then hooked to the bail, theplate 2' extending into the ves- 7o sel b. By then screwing the screw gdownwardly the plate '5 is engaged with the materials in the vessel,which after being boiled may be drained by lifting the vessel from thepot and maybe then forced through the perforations in the vessel b bycompression of the plate 01.

It will be readily understood that I may employ my invention inconnection with any form of utensil to which it is adapted, and alsothat the ribs formed by the extensions of the bail 0 upon the vessel 12prevent the vessel touching the pot, and thus allow space for the egressof steam.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a device ofthe class described the combination of a vessel having perforationstherein, a utensil adapted to receive the vessel a bail secured to thevessel, screw-threads 0 carried by the bail, a screw in engagement withthe threads of the bail, a plate carried by the screw and adapted toenter the vessel and a ring formed in parts and adapted to be clampedadjustably upon the exterior of 5 the vessel and rest upon the rim ofthe utensil and support the vessel therein.

2. The combination with a utensil of the class described of a vesselhaving perforations therein, a ring clamped upon the vessel androoadapted to rest upon the rim of the utensil and support the vessel, abail secured to the vessel and extending vertically downward to Intestimony whereof I aflix my signature form vertical ribs, a strapcarried by the bail, in presence of two witnesses.

0 posite bends in the bail and strap formin T T a eireuiar opening,threads in the opening; FRANKLIL STROL 5 screw engaging the threads ofthe opening, Vitnesses:

and a plate carried by the screw and adapted EDWIN HARRISON,

to enter the vessel. F. G. VAN OSDELL.

